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May 21, 2012, Monday

ARLENE PALMER, the New Britain historian, was touring a castle in Scotland in 1991 when she spotted something interesting in the kitchen. There, screwed into the counter, was a food chopper. On its handle were the words ''New Britain, Ct.'' ...

August 11, 2002, Sunday

Shareholders of two companies, a financial services holding company and a hardware manufacturer, have approved measures to reincorporate in Bermuda. The two companies are the Leucadia National Corporation of New York, a holding company with units in...

May 15, 2002, Wednesday

The Danaher Corporation, the diversified industrial group, said yesterday that it was withdrawing its bid for the electrical supplies maker Cooper Industries because of Cooper's asbestos liability and the current economic slowdown. The move by...

February 14, 2002, Thursday

The tool manufacturer Danaher Corporation said yesterday that it was making an unsolicited $5.5 billion cash-and-stock bid for Cooper Industries. Cooper, which is based in Houston and makes electrical products and tools, had rejected an unsolicited...

August 2, 2001, Thursday

Cooper Industries, the maker of Halo lighting fixtures and Crescent wrenches, will cut 2,000 jobs, or about 6 percent of its work force of 34,300, by the end of the year as it moves production to Mexico and Asia to reduce expenses. Cost savings from...

April 25, 2001, Wednesday

The diversified manufacturer Cooper Industries cut its first-quarter earnings forecast yesterday and said it could eliminate almost 6 percent of its jobs because of the slowing economy. Earnings are expected to be 60 cents a diluted share, down from...

March 17, 2001, Saturday

A maker of organic chemicals, the Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, agreed yesterday to sell its B-Line Systems business for $425 million to Cooper Industries. B-Line Systems manufactures metal products used in the installation and retrofitting of...

March 28, 2000, Tuesday

Cooper Industries said yesterday that it was acquiring Eagle Electric, a privately held maker of switches, cords and other electrical devices, for an undisclosed sum. Eagle, based in Long Island City, Queens, would become the sixth division in the...